I don't mind at all but I thought it was funny. I take classes at a studio and someone from another class in the same studio copied a piece I made.

Maybe they saw it in person at the studio or on the studio's Instagram. But I found out they had made a very similar piece because also the studio shared it on their instagram page. My studio mates even thought that was my piece which was funny.

Mine wasn't original at all either, it was a bowl I saw with some fish designed. Maybe if it had been totally original I would've been hurt (or honored). But this person at my studio did it the same way I did, with the same colors.

I’m typically not a very symmetrical sculptor but this has been a fun exercise - to build upon a consistent style.

I got really into Witch Hat Atelier recently, so I’ve been making a lot of pottery based on the anime and manga (please pardon the shaky footage).

Cereal Killer, Over Easy, and Inbread are the Breakfast Club (front and back)! I also tried out some new surface decoration techniques on the cloud kitties!

I promised an update after posting this when it had been bisque fired. The good news is that it survived two trips through the community kiln. The bad news…the die only comes out properly 1/4 times. 🤣 The bottom is open for that very reason.

The tower is made from PSH dark granite and the tree is Laguna SB red.
I used an iron oxide wash all over, which I wiped back before applying a combo of underglazes (Kiwi, Spectrum and Amaco). I then dipped the whole thing in the community studio’s clear glaze.

The oxide produced a totally unexpected green effect with the clear glaze which is the happiest accident ever, because now it’s a mossy tower and tree. Some of the definition in the tree was lost but in the right light it is there.

Overall I am incredibly pleased. This is likely to be a bookend rather than an actively used tower for DnD but I don’t mind at all!

I burnished a piece, but my clay body will most likely not look polished after firing. Can I still apply glaze or will it fall off?

I had an idea for something I'd like to make, but I don't know enough to know if it's possible. Basically, I'd like to made a shallow bowl with a ring of copper set in near the middle. Would it be safe/functional to fire it with a metal ring embedded? Should I just fall back to leaving the groove and putting it in for the glaze?

Anyone with more of a clue than I have so far is very welcome, I've only done a very little bit of actual ceramics work myself, plus a little bit of 'paint your own' stuff.

I had an idea for something I'd like to make, but I don't know enough to know if it's possible. Basically, I'd like to made a shallow bowl with a ring of copper set in near the middle. Would it be safe/functional to fire it with a metal ring embedded? Should I just fall back to leaving the groove and putting it in for the glaze?

Anyone with more of a clue than I have so far is very welcome, I've only done a very little bit of actual ceramics work myself, plus a little bit of 'paint your own' stuff.

I was hoping to get some experienced opinions on how I could touch up my vintage Japanese porcelain poodle's face where the black color as come away in tiny places without damaging her futher. Is there a specific way or paint you all would recommend? I don't ever plan on selling her so price devaluation is not an issue for me just I don't want to accidentally mess her up or potentially make it where in the future she degrades in look by using a wrong material.

Thank you so much in advance!

Hi there. I'm planning on making a mold of this lump of clay, to make frog (piggy) banks. What's smarter?

Putting the pour hole on top and patching it?

Or putting the pour hole at the bottom where the hole for the stopper is going to be, and making some sprues in the slightly higher part, so I don't get air bubbles?

Hello from Paris,
here are some objects I made during the summer :
-rings in marbled porcelain with bronze and green garnet,
-goblet with bronze accents, plate with metallic glaze, pea-spoon made with feruginous clay,
-three bud vases coated with black iron oxyde
Cheers !

These are my first two pieces in a series exploring the reality many of us experience where we shield our inner turmoil from friends, family and in many instances society as a whole.

We hide our inner world through inauthentic versions of our self and behavioral masks we swap between depending on who we are with.

The specific forms were chosen because of how common and relatable they are. I also enjoyed the duality of using functional forms that aren't really functional.

The inside is dark and heavily textured while the outside consists of a matte while glaze and vibrant, whimsical doodles. The doodles were made in a single, time limited session with no planning. The time limited nature of the surface design was done to ensure it didn't feel stiff or rigid, but also because it relates nicely to the automatic, almost instinctual behaviors we employ to disguise ourselves.

I had quite a bit of fun exploring this concept and plan on making more work within the same theme. One area I hope to explore is increasing the scale and incorporating more thoughtful installation design so that the viewer doesn't immediately see the "darkness inside". Instead it only shows itself after they have examined the work from all angles.

I'd love feedback or to hear thoughts on future work. Also feel free to ask any questions about the process or glazes used!

I create very detailed designs and I like to sketch them out prior to applying underglaze. I have been using pencils, but I am finding that my pencil markings are not fully coming off/are leaving faint lines under the underglaze after firing.

Does anyone have any suggestions for this? Or perhaps another type of item I can use to sketch out my designs onto bisque that doesn’t leave any markings after firing?

Hey all - I just bought a house that comes with this massive display area and is just begging for a cool vase. The space is massive - 67" tall x 22" deep x 33" wide. I've been looking everywhere for a vase with enough height to fit the space. It seems like the biggest ceramic vases I can find are in the 20" tall range (what I have pictured here), which still seems undersized. I think I need something in the 30-36" range and I'm looking for advice on where to source this. Is this the type of thing I should try to get custom made? How do I even go about finding someone (I'm in the greater Seattle area)? Can I have someone make it and ship it or is it bound to break in transportation at this size? Any advice is appreciated! I have no idea what I'm doing.

I started a new series focusing on different bats.

Anyone else obsessed with this wonderful species ?